Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750733AbWIHKpn (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Sep 2006 06:45:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750787AbWIHKpn (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Sep 2006 06:45:43 -0400 Received: from baldrick.bootc.net ([83.142.228.48]:1188 "EHLO baldrick.fusednetworks.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750733AbWIHKpl (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Sep 2006 06:45:41 -0400 In-Reply-To: <44FEE554.5050903@rapidforum.com> References: <44FEE554.5050903@rapidforum.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <46D15876-B70D-421D-B16E-247CC3ADD1B8@bootc.net> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Chris Boot Subject: Re: Large Block Devices not supported in 64 bit Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 11:45:36 +0100 To: Christian Schmid X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 782 Lines: 28 On 6 Sep 2006, at 16:12, Christian Schmid wrote: > Hello. > > I run kernel 2.6.17.11 vanilla in 64 bit mode with 32 bit emulation. > > Unfortunately there is no support for file-systems bigger than 2 TB > in 64 bit mode. There is. There just isn't any support for having the feature turned off. After all, the code needed on 32-bit systems to have large files (64-bit file offsets) isn't necessary on 64-bit systems: file offsets are already 64-bit by nature. HTH, Chris -- Chris Boot bootc@bootc.net http://www.bootc.net/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/